Davy Jones - A New Old Halyard Shanty (Lyrics, Info, Audio, Video)

The original working title of this song was "The Rouble Song". Without research I can't recall the date when the inspiration hit - I think it might have been in 2015. What happened was that one day the value of Russia's currency took a major hit... like from a torpedo - WHAM!! Glub glub glub! It wasn't the first time that had happened during my 2 decades of residence, and my first thought was, "Well, here we go again - straight to Davy Jones!"

I had guitar in hand as I was watching the news reports come across the internet. It was looking like the Rouble (RUR) and the King of the Deep were about to have one thing in common... the ocean floor. Hence the first line: "My name is Jones, Davy Jones... the bottom of the ocean is my home". After toying for a while with the idea of really making the song about the rouble, I came to my senses and wrote what you hear in about 15 minutes.

Oh many’s the good ship great and smallHaul, haul the halyards, boysWhat foundered in a gale or squallHaul away, my bullies-oAnd when she sank beneath the blueThe sailors came to join my crewHaul, haul the halyards, boysHaul away, my bullies-o

Oh I keeps me a locker wide and deepHaul, haul the halyards, boysWhere many a sailor man does sleepHaul away, my bullies-oIn Davy’s locker they shall stayTil I gives them up on Judgement DayHaul, haul the halyards, boysHaul away, my bullies-o